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ICE SKID.

No. 366,895. Patented July 19, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

OTTMAR SPAOHMANN, OF \VEST FARMS, NEV YORK.

ICE-SKID.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,895, dated July 19,1887.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTMAR SPACTIMANN, of Vest Farms, in the county of Vestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Skids; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of myimprovediceskid folded up; Fig. 2, a view in perspective of an ice-box illustrating the skid attached thereto with a block of ice partly elevated thereon, the manner of lifting the skid to complete the elevation and delivery of the ice to the box being illustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detached view illustrating the attachment of the skid to the icebox by means of socketed plates to engage the terminal hooks.

Similar letters indicate like parts in all of the figures.

In filling the large iceboxes in use by butchers and other dealersin perishable coinmodities, in which the door opening into the ice receptacle is usually at a considerable height from the floor, great difficulty is experienced in lifting the large blocks of ice (which are preferably used for packing the ice-receptacle) from the floor to the door, the services of two or three men being ordinarily required for the purpose. As the boxes are usually built as a fixture in the store or salesroom, the use of falls or of permanent appliances forlifting the ice becomes objectionable because of their unsightliness and of therooin occupied thereby.

The object of my invention is to provide an apparatus to remove this difficulty, which shall be portable and easily put away out of sight, and which may be carried on the icewagon for use by the icemen, and whereby the largest blocks of ice may be lifted into the high ice-chests with rapidity and case.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the parallel side bars of a skid united in the customary manner by transverse stays B B. The front end of each side bar, A, is fitted with a suitable hook, C, to engage an eye, I), made fast to the ice-box E, Fig. 2, under the opening F therein, through which it is filled with ice. Stop-pins G G are hinged opposite each other in pairs upon the inner side of each side bar of the skid, in position to be turned up at a right angle with the bar, and project above the outer face thereof to prevent a block of ice laid upon the skid from slipping back thereon, as shown in Fig 2. Supportinglegs H H are loosely jointed to the outer side of each side bar, near to the rear or outer end thereof, so as to admit of being closely folded against the .bar, but which will automatically and freely The outer (See dotted lines, Fig. 2.) \Vhen not in use,

these jointed legs are seen red against the side bars by means ofhooks or other-suitable catches adapted to engage their free ends and make them fast.

\Vhere it is preferred to keep the front of the ice-box free from projections, sockets J J (see Fig. 3) may be fitted in the sill of the doorway to receive and engage the hooks G C of the skid, which are in such case properly lengthened for the purpose. The upper face of each bar A of the skid is preferably shod with a horizontal rail, K, of half-round iron.

In the use of my improved ice-skid the front end thereof is attached to the ice-box by an engagement of the hooks O O with the eyes D D or sockets J J, so that said end shall be supported on a level with the bottom of the opening into the ice-chest. The rear or outer end of the skid "is thus allowed to rest upon the floor, forming an incline plane, upon and up which the large blocks of ice may be easily slid. The half-round irons K K facilitate its movement, and, partially entering the block, guide it and prevent it from slipping off sidewise. As the block of ice moves up the incline, its return is prevented by lifting in succession behind it the several hinged stoppins G G. (See Fig. 1.) After the block of ice has thus been slid up about half-way the length of the skid the rear or outer end of the skid may be easily lifted to a horizontal position, and.

as it is lifted the hinged legs H H, automatically droppinginto a vertical position, will sup port it. The ice may then be readily pushed forward into the ice-chest.

I 5 I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with a skid and a device, substantially as described, for attaching one end thereof to the wall of an ice-box, of legs hinged loosely to the bars of the skid near [0 itsonter or free end, to drop automatically therefrom when the skid is elevated into a horizontal position, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, with a skid and a de- 15 vice, substantially as described, for attaching one end thereof to the wall of an icebox, of stop-pins hinged to the side bars of the skid and adapted to be folded down below thelevel of the outer face of said bars when not in use, and to project above the same at a right angle 20 therewith when required, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTMAB SPAGHM ANN.

\Vitnesses:

A. N. 'JEsBERA, M. E. FINLEY. 

